Illinois · Private foundation
The Kipper Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $499k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $640k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Kipper Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $499k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $258k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $372k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $241k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $471k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $253k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $189k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $525k | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $911,350 | 9 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $406,327 | 6 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $300,001 | 5 | n/a |
| The Chicago Academy for the Arts | $237,300 | 5 | 2% |
| Ballet West | $160,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Core of Culture Dance Preservation | $66,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $51,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $49,230 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Dance Health Fund | $38,750 | 3 | 11% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $911,350 | 9 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $406,327 | 6 | 0% |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue | $300,001 | 5 | n/a |
| The Chicago Academy for the Arts | $237,300 | 5 | 2% |
| Ballet West | $160,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Core of Culture Dance Preservation | $66,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $51,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $49,230 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Dance Health Fund | $38,750 | 3 | 11% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glsen Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Making Gay History Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Nevada Reno Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Deccan Heritage Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Kan-Win | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona World Music Initiative | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arogya Inc Dba Arogya World | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Focus Legacy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($633k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kipper Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Kipper Family Foundation
- How much does The Kipper Family Foundation give?
- The Kipper Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $499,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kipper Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Animals (30%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Kipper Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Zoological Society ($911k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($406k), Anshe Emet Synagogue ($300k).
- Does The Kipper Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kipper Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kipper Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is The Kipper Family Foundation based?
- The Kipper Family Foundation is based in IL.
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